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An overview of the dialogue forum “(Re)thinking Europe” – held in the Vatican with the final address by the Pope – on a Christian contribution to the Community project. The Irish politician who delivered the welcoming speech indicated the themes that came to the fore and highlighted the need to usher in a process aimed at relaunching integration, where citizens have a central role. The realm of political life, the role of the Churches.
“I’m Irish and I’m proud of it. I was born, I live and I will die in Ireland. But this did not prevent me from perceiving something greater and bigger; I never felt that these two spheres – national and European – conflicted with each other. In fact, I always felt that they completed each other.” These were the introductory remarks of Pat Cox, Irishman born in 1952,  politician and former journalist. He was entrusted the task of “defining the theme” of the event “(Re)thinking Europe” that brought together in the Vatican participants from all over Europe to discuss the “Christian contribution to the future of the European project”, October 27 to 29. Cox, who served as MEP with the Liberal-Democrat Party from 1988 to 2004, was elected President of the EU Assembly in the last two years in office. In 2004 he was awarded the Charlemagne Prize in recognition of his achievements for EU enlargement to eastern Countries.

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